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Cloud Security

Azure Cloud Data Breach Affects Major Companies

Criminals steal data from well-known brands using leaked login details

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Threat Intelligence

Law Firm Hit by Spear-Phishing Attack Using New 'HollowFrame' Loader and Rust-Based 'Matryoshka' Backdoor

Researchers say a fake email delivered a chain of hidden tools that quietly gave attackers control of a law firm's Windows machines.

3 min read
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AI Security

AegisAI Raises $36 Million to Fight AI-Generated Phishing Emails

A startup built by former Google security engineers says criminals now use artificial intelligence to craft personalised fake emails at scale. Its answer is an AI system that reads those emails back.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Meet BusySnake: The Stealthy Malware Quietly Raiding Government Networks

A newly discovered hacking group is hitting government offices and critical services in three countries with a cunning piece of spy software. Here is what it does and who is at risk.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

Gamaredon's 2025 Phishing Surge: 35 Campaigns, Fresh Loaders, and Identity Tradecraft

The Russia-aligned group has spent the year refining spear-phishing lures against Ukrainian targets, leaning harder on cloud services and credential theft.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

Meta Catches NSO Spear-Phishing on WhatsApp, Asks Court to Hold Vendor in Contempt

The injunction was supposed to keep Pegasus operators away from WhatsApp users. Meta says NSO came back anyway — and is now asking a judge to do something about it.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

SideCopy Hits Afghan Finance Ministry With Xeno RAT in Pashto-Lure Phish

A new spear-phishing run tracked to the Pakistan-aligned cluster pairs LNK-laced ZIPs with an open-source RAT, in what looks like a continuation of the group's South and Central Asia espionage focus.

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Threat Intelligence

Operation Dragon Weave Drops AdaptixC2 on Czech, Taiwanese Targets

Spear-phishing campaign hits government, academia, and finance with ZIP-borne lures and an open-source C2 framework.

2 min read
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